CE Is Coming to Your Town!

Meeting with users of Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) data is important to the CE program. Whether you use tables or microdata, we value your comments, and the opportunity to answer questions or otherwise assist you in using the data.

This page shows conferences at which CE staff from the National Office in Washington, DC, will be presenting. You may be interested in attending them, or in arranging for a CE staff member to visit your organization to deliver a formal presentation or attend a one-on-one meeting. Please note that neither the CE program nor the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is affiliated with the sponsors of these events. In addition, there are registration fees associated with these events. However, none of these fees is paid to the CE program or the BLS.

If you would like to contact the CE staff about these or other matters, please use any of the methods below to contact the CE National Office. Inquiries should include your name, and phone number, fax number, mailing address, or e-mail address, along with a brief message.

This page will be updated periodically, as new information becomes available. Travel plans for CE staff can change subject to budget.

Disclaimer: The authors of some of these studies and presentations are not affiliated with BLS. This information is provided for your convenience and does not constitute an endorsement.
Participation at these conferences is subject to the status of the BLS budget.

Northeast

New York, NY

Eastern Economic Association (EEA)

  • May 9-11, 2013
    Website: http://www.ramapo.edu/eea/
    Conference Program: http://www.ramapo.edu/eea/2013/docs/EEA2013_prelim_program.pdf
    Session title: "Employment, Income, Consumption, and Inequality: Local, National, and Global Perspectives using Data from Two U.S. Agencies (Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census Bureau)"

    Presentations:
      • Employment in New York City: Comparing Measurements from the Current
        Population Survey (CPS) and Current Employment Survey (CES).
        Martin Kohli and Cynthia Gillham (New York-New Jersey BLS Information Office in New York City).
      • Pay Premiums among Major Industry Groups in New York City.
        Lisa Boily (New York-New Jersey BLS Information Office in New York City).
      • The Demography of Inequality for Individuals and Families: Income and Consumption.
        Jonathan Fisher (U.S. Census Bureau, NY Office); co-authored with David Johnson (U.S. Census Bureau) and Timothy Smeeding (University of Wisconsin).
      • How Can They Afford it?: Investigating How Expenditures Persistently Exceed Income for Low-Income Consumers Before, During, and After the 2007-09 Recession.
        Geoffrey Paulin (BLS).
      • How Do U.S. Consumer Expenditures Compare with Those of Other Countries?
        Evidence from the Wake of the Recent Global Recession (2009 and 2011).
        Brett Creech (BLS).

    NOTE: This session features speakers from the BLS New York Information Offices. These speakers can provide additional information on how to obtain local area statistics from the BLS. To contact a staff member from the New York Information Offices, please see the links at the bottom of this page.

Please see the archives for a list of events that took place in the Northeast in 2012.

Midwest:

There are no presentations currently planned for the Midwest.

South:

New Orleans, LA

Southwestern Social Sciences Association (SSSA), 93rd Annual Meeting

  • March 27-30, 2013
    Website: http://www.sssaonline.org
    Conference Program: http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/sssa/sssa13/
    Presentations:
    • Exploring the Persisting Positive Gap Between Expenditures and Income For Low-Income Consumers:
      Before, During, and After the Recession of 2007-09
      Geoffrey Paulin (BLS).
    • Expenditures of Urban and Rural Households, 2011.
      William Hawk (BLS).
    Workshop: “Analyzing Recent Patterns in Household Spending: Examples from, and Instruction in Using, Data from the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey.”
    • Presenters: Geoffrey Paulin and William Hawk (BLS).
    • Overview: This session will start with summaries of current research using these data, after which attendees will be instructed in how to find and use published tables and microdata from which the research presented was produced.
    • Target Audience: The session is expected to be of particular interest to students, both graduate and undergraduate, pursuing dissertations, theses, or class projects; junior faculty interested in publishing; and senior faculty interested in new research projects.
    • Topics to be Presented:

      • 1. Expenditures Before, During, and After the Recent Recession
      2. Exploring How Expenditures Persistently Exceed Income on Average for Low-Income Consumers
      3. Expenditures of Urban and Rural Households
      4. Inter-Ethnic Variation in Food Expenditure Patterns for Asian Consumers in the U.S.

Please see the archives for a list of events that took place in the South in 2012.

West:

Portland, OR

American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI)

  • April 10-12, 2013
    Website: http://www.consumerinterests.org
    Conference Program: http://www.consumerinterests.org/2013-conference/program.html
    Workshop: "Using the Consumer Expenditure Survey for Consumer Research"
    • Presenters: Geoffrey Paulin and Adam Reichenberger (BLS).
    • Overview: The session will start with an introduction to the CE, including how the tabular and microdata are collected and published, how they can be accessed online, how they are used in practice, and journals that have published research using these data (e.g., Monthly Labor Review). Presenters will then describe current research projects that use these data. In the final segments, attendees will learn about the microdata: file structure and content, sampling of variables available, and contact information for CE program experts who can answer questions about accessing and using these files. They will also have the opportunity to participate in brief exercises using the microdata.
    • Target Audience: This workshop is expected to be of particular interest to students, both graduate and undergraduate, pursuing dissertations, theses, or class projects; junior faculty interested in publishing; senior faculty interested in new research projects; and other analysts with interest in consumer spending patterns for use in policy, education, and other fields.
    • Topics to be Presented:

      • 1. How Consumers Changed Expenditures during the 2007-2009 Recession
      2. Housing Expenditures in Recession and Recovery: A Historical Perspective
      3. Exploring How Expenditures Persistently Exceed Income on Average for Low-Income Consumers
      4. Inter-Ethnic Variation in Food Expenditure Patterns for Asian Consumers in the U.S.

Spokane, WA

Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference (PNREC)

  • May 16-17, 2013
    Website: http://www.pnrec.org
    Conference Program: Not yet available.
    Presentation (Plenary):
    • Introducing the Consumer Expenditure Survey: A Unique and Useful Tool for
      Analyzing Detailed Spending Patterns of U.S. Households.
      Geoffrey Paulin (BLS).

Seattle, WA

Western Economic Association International (WEAI)

  • June 28-July 2, 2013
    Website: http://www.weai.org
    Conference Program: Not yet available.
    Workshop: “Analyzing Recent Spending Patterns of U.S. Households: Examples from, and Instruction in Using, Data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey”
    • Presenters: Geoffrey Paulin and Adam Reichenberger (BLS).
    • Overview: This session will start with summaries of current research using these data, after which attendees will be instructed in how to find and use published tables and microdata from which the research presented was produced.
    • Target Audience: The session is expected to be of particular interest to students, both graduate and undergraduate, pursuing dissertations, theses, or class projects; junior faculty interested in publishing; and senior faculty interested in new research projects.
    • Topics to be Presented:

      • 1. Expenditures Before, During, and After the Recent Recession
      2. Exploring How Expenditures Persistently Exceed Income on Average for Low-Income Consumers
      3. Housing Expenditures in Recession and Recovery: A History
      4. Inter-Ethnic Variation in Food Expenditure Patterns for Asian Consumers in the U.S.

Please see the archives for a list of events that took place in the West in 2012.

For more information on regional CE data, please contact your local BLS Regional Information Offices.

If you have questions, please contact the CE National Office Staff.

Information on past events is also available.

 

Last Modified Date: February 13, 2013